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Brianna Verigin, an undergraduate student working with Stephen Porter, a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus, is one of seven students from around the world to receive a fully funded Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Fellowship in Legal Psychology. The key objective of The House of Legal Psychology – a consortium […]

Construction on Dr. Maya Libben’s CFI-funded Psychopathology Lifespan and Neuropsychology (PLAN) Laboratory is complete. The Psychopathology Lifespan and Neuropsychology (PLAN) Laboratory is a CFI-funded research space directed by Dr. Maya Libben, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at UBC Okanagan. Research in the PLAN lab relies on neurocognitive methodological platforms such as eye-tracking, EEG, behavioural […]

UBC Okanagan prof. Kevin Hanna discusses new environmental regulations Pipeline projects will face a new environmental assessment process; a move the federal government says will restore the confidence of Canadians in the regulatory regime for energy projects. “Public input will be sought and considered. Decisions will be informed by scientific evidence. Indigenous peoples will be […]

Irving K. Barber School launches UBC-wide course focused on new venture creation Entrepreneurs come from all walks of life. Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Jay-Z – they all have one common thread that binds them, the desire to turn a personal passion into a successful enterprise. UBC Okanagan is launching Software Entrepreneurship (COSC 419J) this May, […]

The recipe for high-priced cauliflower starts with the currency, says UBC expert If you have gone grocery shopping recently, you may have noticed that the costs of everyday foods have dramatically increased - particularly cauliflower. A head of cauliflower is now being sold across national grocers for upwards of $8. There are reports of it […]

UBC Okanagan’s ‘happiness professor’ shares tips to get through post-holiday slump Monday, January 18, or Blue Monday, is the third Monday of January, which is popularly referred to as the most depressing day of the year. Created as part of a marketing campaign by Sky Travel in 2005, the date was calculated using a number […]

Fifth-year honours chemistry student Sydney Acton has received the 2015 Association of the Chemical Profession of British Columbia (ACPBC) Undergraduate Student Member Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded annually to an ACPBC student member enrolled in the third or fourth year of an undergraduate chemistry program at a British Columbia university. The student must also […]